bio-terrorism
Bioterrorism-Disaster
Concepts in community and public health
November 29, 2010
Bioterrorism-Disaster
Summary of Teaching Plan: The goal of teaching bioterrorism to the class is to educate them about the different/rare diseases that can spread through animals and nature. The goal of teaching disaster is to educate them about the two different types of disaster, how to prepare for any disaster, and to show an example of a disaster that happened. Both of these goals will be reached by presenting a power point. Through the power point I pointed out the different categories of bioterrorism, the harmful effects that can happen, and knowing the basics of bioterrorism like the definition and categories. I also presented some examples of bioterrorism agents and how they can spread and where they are found. To educate the class about disasters I had slides showing different examples of the two different types of disasters which are natural and man-made disasters, how to be prepared, and pictures for visualization. Through the presentation I had the students do different activities to help them understand the subject better. To start of I had them do a QFT(Question Formulation Technique). I gave them a statement saying bioterrorism is dangerous. The students had to come up with questions regarding that statement. For example, one question a student came up with is "What is bioterrorism?" Than after I finished the first couple of slides on bioterrorism, I had them categorize the examples I gave them to the different categories of bioterrorism.
Epidemiological Rationale for Topic: In the fall of 2001 an outbreak of inhalational anthrax occurred in the United States that was the result of bioterrorism via postal. Public health responded to that outbreak with antibiotic prophylaxis for over 10,000 people to prevent further morbidity and morality. The results underscore the importance of early detection of outbreaks together with targeted
Concepts in community and public health
November 29, 2010
Bioterrorism-Disaster
Summary of Teaching Plan: The goal of teaching bioterrorism to the class is to educate them about the different/rare diseases that can spread through animals and nature. The goal of teaching disaster is to educate them about the two different types of disaster, how to prepare for any disaster, and to show an example of a disaster that happened. Both of these goals will be reached by presenting a power point. Through the power point I pointed out the different categories of bioterrorism, the harmful effects that can happen, and knowing the basics of bioterrorism like the definition and categories. I also presented some examples of bioterrorism agents and how they can spread and where they are found. To educate the class about disasters I had slides showing different examples of the two different types of disasters which are natural and man-made disasters, how to be prepared, and pictures for visualization. Through the presentation I had the students do different activities to help them understand the subject better. To start of I had them do a QFT(Question Formulation Technique). I gave them a statement saying bioterrorism is dangerous. The students had to come up with questions regarding that statement. For example, one question a student came up with is "What is bioterrorism?" Than after I finished the first couple of slides on bioterrorism, I had them categorize the examples I gave them to the different categories of bioterrorism.
Epidemiological Rationale for Topic: In the fall of 2001 an outbreak of inhalational anthrax occurred in the United States that was the result of bioterrorism via postal. Public health responded to that outbreak with antibiotic prophylaxis for over 10,000 people to prevent further morbidity and morality. The results underscore the importance of early detection of outbreaks together with targeted